Thank you Cy and hiltiki.
Here is the small stand of bamboo that I made this hat from.
This light at the last hour gave me trouble, the bulb was too close to the bottom
of the light so a few small tricks were needed to fix this problem.
I love the basket light for tiki bars and you don't see many in home bars these days.
Going to put this one on eBay some day soon...

One side note the basket is lined with varnished cambric, this cloth is hard to work
with but gives a nice glow.
This is why I added the rattan ribs on the side as to keep the cloth in place.
Plus this material will not rot/tear like paper can.
But then this is part of the reason I shellac my lights for these lights are mostly paper and rattan or bamboo and all of those things rot or even mold.
I used to use this stuff during my days on the High Voltage crew at OSU.

https://www.google.com/patents/US2212400Electrically insulating varnished cambric...
This material is permanently -flexible, is highly resistant to oil, moisture and aging and has a high dielectric strength and a high tear strength. v

Wrong, everyone might think they're light makers, but in reality you and Woody/Kahaka are the only real light makers. I've seen a lot of other home made tiki lamps, but nothing that comes close to what the two of you are doing or have done.

That drop tank is cool looking, and nice collection of vintage Christmas lights!

On 2014-12-02 08:56, Tiki501 wrote:Wrong, everyone might think they're light makers, but in reality you and Woody/Kahaka are the only real light makers. I've seen a lot of other home made tiki lamps, but nothing that comes close to what the two of you are doing or have done.
That drop tank is cool looking, and nice collection of vintage Christmas lights!
Jamie

Thank you Jamie.
But since you have sold a light or two I think this may make you a pro by definition.

You left out bongofury he is top on my list, there are many other light makers of
note that should get some praise as well.

Kinda burned out of the whole thing at this time.

The vintage Christmas lights are at an antique show here in town and not mine, but I do buy light bulbs there.

Hey Skip. Ouch!!! $850 is a big chunk of change for a drop tank. The depth charge was $350 and that was to rich for my blood at the moment. I gave $250 for the Davy Crockett nuke but that was a wise investment. I feel your pain with the weather, we just came through a blizzard up here in Kzoo. Have a good weekend.
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